Aquilae Austriacae pars secunda, seu, Monarchiae occidentalis tomus octauus : in quo imperatores Austrii a Maximiliano II vsquè ad coronationem Leopoldi Primi Occidentis imperatorem LI elogijs, hieroglyphicis, numismatibus, insignibus, symbolis, imaginibus antiquis ad viuum exhibentur exculpti, & longa historiarum serie exarati : vt nihil relictum sit, quod prisci vel hodierni habeant annales, sed diplomata, leges, indulta, genealogiae, donationes, priuilegia offeruntur congesta : inseruntur et regum principumque imagines, nummi honorarij, castrenses, triumphales, votiui, missiles, &c. qui sanguine, foedere, bello imperatoribus iuncti, occurrunt in opere : subijcitur cuique caesarum appendix symbolica, sacrolegalis, & historicopolitica, in qua symbolis & hieroglyphicis, are affabrè exculptis, Caesares eorumq[ue] gesta pinguntur & explanantur (1679)
Author: Palazzi, Giovanni, b. 1640?; Merlen, Cornelis van, d. 1723; Sikkelaer, Pieter van; Westerhout, Arnold van, 1651-1725; Poleti, Andreas, fl. 1720
Subject: Habsburg, House of; Emperors
Publisher: Venetiis : Ex typographia Andreae Poleti, sumptibus auctoris, prostant sub signo Fortunae, & nauis, aliorumque
Possible copyright status: NOT_IN_COPYRIGHT
Language: Latin
Call number: 381347
Digitizing sponsor: Sloan Foundation
Book contributor: Research Library, The Getty Research Institute
Collection: getty; americana
Notes: No Table of Contents. Narrow margins. Gutter included to avoid cropping text. Some text impossible to capture. Irregular pagination. Misprinted page numbers.
Scanfactors: 54
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Nine full-page engravings include 5 allegorical ports. of emperors. Some are signed by Cornelis van Merlen or Pieter van Sikkelaer as engraver, after Arnold van Westerhout. Additional engravings depict coins and medals
Not an emblem book according to Praz, though emblems in form of numismatic reverses are illustrated
Signatures: pi² A-2O 2P² a-g²
Includes index
Errata, last p
Praz, M. Studies in 17th-century imagery (2nd ed.)
Binding, c. 1: vellum. Title written on spine. Edges sprinkled red & purple. Photocopied armorial bookplate
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